Hello,

Just a couple tips for the bench. It's my opinion that you should always
try to keep some Pokemon with a retreat cost of 0 on your bench. If you get
KOed (By the opponent, not self-destruct or something), you can just take
out a 0 retreat Pokemon, see what's going on on your turn (Draw a card,
etc), and then take out an appropriate Pokemon. Good Pokemon for this job
are ones with good Pokemon Powers, such as Dodrio (Retreat Aid) or
Mankey(Peek). Also, don't put out a Pokemon til you know you want to. If
you screw up, you waste bench space, and leave them vulerable to Gusts of
Wind and stuff needlessly. In addition, even you know you should use a
Pokemon, don't put it out til you need it. If you have, say, Tangela, and
no energy in your hand, and you use Pokedex or something, and see no energy
upcoming, don't put it out (Unless you're stalling or loading the bench for
Wigglytuff or something)! That's all. Thanks for your time.

Charles
nerdboy@oh.verio.com.